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CARBOY PACKAGE Oscar Z. Brewer, Spokane, Wash., assignor of one-half to H. H. McNeill Lumber 00., Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 8, 1945, Serial No. 592,575

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to carboy packages, and I has for one of its objects to provide a carboy package which is of new and improved construction.

The present invention provides a construction in which new and novel means are provided for resiliently mounting the carboy in its box or crate so that the same can successfully meet the tests and specifications set up by the Manufacturing Chemists Association.

A further object of my invention is to provide a construction in boxes or crates for carboys, in which, as distinguished from conventional practice, the carboy is completely enclosed.

In the transportation of carboys it is conventional practice to pack the same in crates or boxes, the carboy being held out of contact with the sides of the box by wooden strips of some kind, having a certain amount of resiliency; or more recently by resilient composition pads. The construction of the present invention provides a new and novel construction in this connection, whereby the carboy is resiliently mounted in its box or crate in such a fashion that it will successfully meet the swing tests now standardized by the Manufacturing Chemists Association. Furthermore, my improved construction is such that the usefulness of the resilient pads employed is prolonged.

It is universal practice in the packaging of carboys to have the neck of the carboy exposed. The present invention provides a box or crate for the transportation of carboys in which the carboy is completely enclosed. Not only does this reduce breakage but it makes for easy handling and stowage.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a carboy box or crate constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevational View of the box and cover therefor, with the cover removed; and

Fig. 3 is an isometric View of one of the padblocks employed in my construction.

Referring to'the drawing in detail: 2 designates the'improved box or crate of my invention, the same comprising wooden sides and a bottom. This box is provided with handholds 4 and skids B, in accordance with conventional practice.

The box is provided interiorly at each corner with a wooden cornerpost 8. These posts extend upwardly from the box bottom and beyond the upper edge of the box, as shown at ll). Each cornerpost is rectangular in cross section.

At each cornerpost and in the lower part of the box I provide a pad-carrying block l2. These blocks are of wood, and the rear face M of each block, which is smooth and flat, is provided with a vertically extending V-slot I6. The sides of these slots are at right angles to each other and at 45 to the rear face of the block. Each slot receives the corner or edge of the corresponding cornerpost, and inasmuch as the cornerposts are rectangular in cross section the sides of the slots i 6 will bear throughout their length upon the flat faces l8 and of the cornerposts.

The inner face 22 of each block is bevelled off as shown at 24. This bevel extends upwardly and rearwardiy and secured to it is a pad 26 of resilient material, such as rubber, natural or synthetic, cork, etc, etc.

1 .These pads 26, it will be appreciated, contact the walls of the carboy 28 when the same is in position in the box. This feature will be discussed later in more detail.

The blocks l2 are not secured to the corner-- 20 posts.

At the upper part of the box I provide pad-- carrying blocks 30 which are similar to the blocks: I2 just described, each block being slotted to receive the edge of the cornerpost, and the inner' 5 face of each block being bevelled as shown at 32,.

a resilient pad 34 being securedto this bevelled. area. The bevels on these blocks slope oppositely to the bevels on the lower blocks l2, that is, they slope downwardly and rearwardly or outwardly of the box, as compared with the bevels on blocks: l2 which slope upwardly and rearwardly or out--' wardly of the box.

In packing a carboy the blocks [2 are placed in: position in the bottom of the box with the bevelled. surface sloping upwardly and rearwardly, as: shown in the drawing. It is unnecessary to tack: or nail the blocks to the cornerposts.

The carboy is then placed in position and forced down against the pads 24. The pad-carrying blocks together with the pads are of such dimensions as to contact the carboy at the curve where the lines of the bottom merge into the straight sides of the carboy. This ensures that the pads will be in contact with the strongest part of the carboy and out of contact with the straight and weaker carboy sides.

By constructing the pad-carrying blocks as shown and described, that is, by only bevelling a portion of the inner face of each block, so that there is an appreciable length of block below the bevel, namely, the portion designated 35, I provide for a much longer block, that is, its top-to-bottom length is greater than were I to terminate the block at the lower edge of the bevel. Not only does this promote sliding of the blocks with the corner or edge of the cornerposts in the V-grooves 16, but it provides a longer contact area between the sides of the cornerpost and the two sides of the V-groove so that twisting and tipping or tilting of the blocks relatively to the cornerposts are eliminated.

With the carboy placed in position as described, the upper pad-carrying blocks -30 are "placed against the cornerpostsav-ith the edge 0t each post in the V-groove of the block, and with the bevels 32 sloping oppositely to the bevels on the lower blocks. The blocks are then tapped down until the pads 3d are compressed to the desired extent, and then the blocks are tackedorznailed.tothe cornerposts. that I contact the upper pads withvthe curve'of the carboy, above the straight sidesof the carboy, so that this contact area will be at the strongest part of the carboy instead of with the weaker sides.

It will be apparent to, those versed in this art that the construction described is exceedingly simple and bythe same-token inexpensive to manufacture. It will be apparent too that the parts required are reduced to the minimum so that weight is materially reduced, .a decided advantage withrespect to shipping costs.

a It will be appreciated also that it is a simple matter to compensate forany permanent deforming of the pads ZG-and .34 from time totime. It

is merely necessary to disconnect the upper blocks 30 from the cornerposts. from, time to timeand tap them down alittle lower. The amount .of movement necessary, if any, to compensate for any permanent distortion of the pads would be very slight, so that the pads would never contact I the straight and relatively weak sides .of the carboy. It will be appreciated also that because of the opposed wedge eifect obtainedby having the pads at thebottominclined oppositely to those at the top there is a tendency for thepads to tighten themselves at all times.

It will be apparent also thatby reason of the simplicity of my construction it requires no skill and the minimum of time .andefiort to replace the pads and/or the pad-carrying blocksifrom time tov time should the-necessity arise.

As hereinabove pointed 'out,.it is conventional practice to shipcarboys withthe neck :of the carboy protruding or projecting from the upper end of the box. In accordancewith'the present invention the.carboy:is completely enclosed.

As shown. in the drawings .and :as previously pointedlout, the cornerposts 8iinmy improved construction project beyond the upper edges of the open end of the boxl. Thisis shown at 1'0.

36 designates acover which I provide for my improved package. Thiscover which is similar in construction to thecover disclosed'in -my c0- pending application 592,574.;nowabandoned comprises a closed top and closed sidesbut-is open at the bottom. The covercisrprovided with four cornerposts 38 whose cross section isthe same as that of the cornerposts. 8. Thep.osts..38 extend from-the underside of thercover-.top. toward the It will be seenlfromuthedrawings 4 lower edges of the cover, but are terminated short of the lower edges of the cover a distance pref erably equal to, but not less than, the distance each cornerpost 8 projects above the upper edge' of the box 2.

When the cover 36 is placed in position, its lower edges will rest upon the upper edges of theflboxiit, with the portionl ll'o'f each cornerpost 8 extending-into the corners of the "cover, with the lower ends of the cover cornerposts 38 resting upon the upper ends of the box cornerposts B, when the posts 38 are terminated short of the lower edge of the cover a distance equal to the :projection of.the posts 8 above the box edge, so that the two, the box and cover, are in effect interlocked to prevent twisting and lateral movement of the coverrelatively to the box, with the carboy completely enclosed.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of .parts herein :illustrated.anddescribed within the purview of my invention.

What I claim is:

A carboy package comprising in combination a box and a carboy therein, cornerposts for the box rectangular in cross section, cushions abreast of each cornerpost adjacent the bottom and adjacent the top of the box between the cornerpost andcarboy, a carrying block for'each cushion, each block being provided in its rear'face with a vertically extending right-angled slot for the reception of thecorrespondingly shaped-edge of the cornerpost, said slot permitting of placement of the upper blocks after assembly of the box and insertion of the carboy therein, said slot also providing for vertical independent movement of each block andpreventing lateral movement of the-block, each block having a bevelled face at the side adjacent the'carboy to which one of said cushions is secured; the bevel of the blocks atthe upper part-of the box inclining downwardly and outwardly of the box, and thebevel-of the blocks at the lower portion of the boxinclining upwardly and outwardly, the bevel for each block' terminating short of one extremity'of the block.

OSCAR Z. BREWER.

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